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Source components of the Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) shield stage magmas: evidence from olivine composition and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes

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The Canary Island primitive basaltic magmas are thought to be derived from an HIMU-type upwelling mantle containing isotopically depleted (NMORB)-type component having interacted with an enriched (EM)-type component, the origin of which is still a subject of debate. We studied the relationships between Ni, Mn and Ca concentrations in olivine phenocrysts (85.6–90.0 mol.% Fo, 1,722–3,915 ppm Ni, 1,085–1,552 ppm Mn, 1,222–3,002 ppm Ca) from the most primitive subaerial and ODP Leg 157 high-silica (picritic to olivine basaltic) lavas with their bulk rock Sr–Nd–Pb isotope compositions (87Sr/86Sr = 0.70315–0.70331, 143Nd/144Nd = 0.51288–0.51292, 206Pb/204Pb = 19.55–19.93, 207Pb/204Pb = 15.60–15.63, 208Pb/204Pb = 39.31–39.69). Our data point toward the presence of both a peridotitic and a pyroxenitic component in the magma source. Using the model (Sobolev et al. in: Science 316:412–417, 2007) in which the reaction of Si-rich melts originated during partial melting of eclogite (a high pressure product of subducted oceanic crust) with ambient peridotitic mantle forms olivine-free reaction pyroxenite, we obtain an end member composition for peridotite with 87Sr/86Sr = 0.70337, 143Nd/144Nd = 0.51291, 206Pb/204Pb = 19.36, 207Pb/204Pb = 15.61 and 208Pb/204Pb = 39.07 (EM-type end member), and pyroxenite with 87Sr/86Sr = 0.70309, 143Nd/144Nd = 0.51289, 206Pb/204Pb = 20.03, 207Pb/204Pb = 15.62 and 208Pb/204Pb = 39.84 (HIMU-type end member). Mixing of melts from these end members in proportions ranging from 70% peridotite and 30% pyroxenite to 28% peridotite and 72% pyroxenite derived melt fractions can generate the compositions of the most primitive Gran Canaria shield stage lavas. Combining our results with those from the low-silica rocks from the western Canary Islands (Gurenko et al. EPSL 277:514–524, 2009), at least four distinct components are required. We propose that they are (1) HIMU-type pyroxenitic component (representing recycled ocean crust of intermediate age) from the plume center, (2) HIMU-type peridotitic component (ancient recycled ocean crust stirred into the ambient mantle) from the plume margin, (3) depleted, MORB-type pyroxenitic component (young recycled oceanic crust) in the upper mantle entrained by the plume, and (4) EM-type peridotitic component from the asthenosphere or lithosphere above the plume center.

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Acknowledgments

We thank S. Hauff for assistance in carrying out Sr–Nd–Pb isotope analyses and the Ocean Drilling Program for providing HUS and AAG with the samples drilled during the ODP Leg 157. The Museum of Natural History, Washington DC kindly provided us with standards for electron microprobe analysis. Thorough reviews by Andreas Klügel, Christian Tegner and one anonymous referee helped us to improve the manuscript substantially and are gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by the Wolfgang Paul Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (to AVS), the Max Planck Society, DFG grants SCHM 250/64, 82-1 and HA3097/2 (to HUS, KH and FH), the Russian Basic Research Foundation (grant 06-05-65234 to AVS) and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Editorial handling of the manuscript by Jochen Hoefs is very much appreciated.

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  1. Abteilung Geochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, 55020, Mainz, Germany

    Andrey A. Gurenko & Alexander V. Sobolev

  2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Clark 114, MS#23, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA

    Andrey A. Gurenko

  3. IfM-GEOMAR Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences, Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148, Kiel, Germany

    Kaj A. Hoernle, Folkmar Hauff & Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

  4. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Kosigin Str. 19, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander V. Sobolev

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Gurenko, A.A., Hoernle, K.A., Sobolev, A.V. et al. Source components of the Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) shield stage magmas: evidence from olivine composition and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes. Contrib Mineral Petrol 159, 689–702 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0448-8

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